What was the Stamp Act?
The first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament. It imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies, the British Empire was deep in debt from the Seven Years' War and looking to its North American colonies as a revenue source.
When did The Haitian Revolution start?
Aug 21, 1791.
Why did Parisians storm Bastille?
Rebel Parisians wanted to get ammunition and arms allowing them to have a successful offensive attack against others. At that time there was over 30,000 pounds of gunpowder.
When did the Latin American Revolution begin?
It started September 25, 1808.
What happened at the Battle of Yorktown?
The British surrendered; the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of America's independence.
What was the motive for it?
Free people of color wanted the same rights other white people in Saint Domingue did.
Who were the 3 Enlightenment thinkers from the French Revolution?
Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau.
What was the effect of the Latin American Revolution?
The Latin American countries were able to win independence from Spain.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
When American colonists dumped chests of tea into the harbor to retaliate against Britain for imposing “taxation without representation.”
Who were other forces going against Saint Domingue at the time?
The British and the Spanish.
What was the Reign of Terror?
The Reign of Terror was a time period of the French Revolution when the Revolutionary Government decided to take harsh measures against those who were thought to be suspected enemies of the Revolution (violence and mass executions).
Which outcome was a direct result of the social structure established during European colonization of Latin America?
Inequalities of income and power.
What was the Quartering Act?
It was an act that required colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
What were the social classes in Saint Domingue?
Rich white people, rich/free people of color, poor white people, and slaves.
When did the French Revolution end and why?
It ended in 1799, 10 years after it first started. And came to an end because a general named Napoleon overthrew the revolutionary government and instead established the French Consulate.
Who helped to free the nations of Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule?
Simon Bolivar.
What are unalienable rights?
Natural human rights, that cannot be taken away.
Why were the slaves going against their country?
They revolted against them being slaves after the French government revoked their freedom.
Why did women march to Versailles in October 1789?
They were concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread.
Simón Bolívar and José de San Martin are best known as what?
Leaders of Latin American independence movements.